End-lasting machine.



J. CAVANAGH.

END LASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APILZS, 1911.

Patented M21112, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

A/MXWT/ J. GAVANAGH.

END LASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 28, 1911.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

snares earner enrich JAMES CAVANAGH, F BOSTOFhpI/IASSAGHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON,.1\TEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

END-LASTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedIltlart2,1911.5c

Application filed April 28, 1911. Serial No. 623,820.

a heel seat lasting machine of the bed or wiper type. j v

An object of this invention is to produce a machine by which end lasting can be performed more expeditiously and with less labor than heretofore.

An important feature of this invention consists in the combination with means for holding a shoe, of end embracing wipers and automatic power driven operating mechanism connected with the wipers for causing them to work the upper material into lasted position. The automatic operating mechanism may be arranged to cause the wipers to advance repeatedly over the shoe bottom. Preferably, in connection with the automatically operated wipers, means is provided for moving the shoe relatively to the wipers. The shoe moving means may be arranged to lift the shoe into a higher plane with relation to the wipers after they have initially broken down the upper materials. This enables the power driven wipers to iron down or compress the overwiped portion of the upper materials firmly upon the insole and give to the lasted portion of the shoe the detail of form or contour and the permanency of shape which is desired in a well lasted shoe.

Tn accordance with a further feature of this invention, novel means is provided for clamping and maintaining the upper materials firmly againstthe side faces of the shoe end while they are being lasted down upon the'insole by the power driven wipers. This feature of the invention .is embodied in improved mechanism for closing and holding the heel embracing band whereby very secure clamping of the upper isobtained with automatic adjustment of the band end closing pressure for right and left lasts that have very difierent shapes, Prat! erably the band closing mechanism is operated by a treadle and advantageously this treadle and the one by which the shoe is uplifted are located adjacent to one another in position to be engaged by different portions of the same foot of the operator whereby he can with ease variably control the band closing and the shoe uplifting pressure.

The several features of the invention, including certain details of construction and combinations of parts, will appear from the following description of the illustrated embodiment of the invention and will then be pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of themachine; Fig. 2 is a-plan View; Figs. 3 and d are sectional views illustrating the operation'of the lasting plates upon the stock.

The machine comprises a base 2 which may be fastened to a bench or table or may have a pedestal supporting it from the floor. This base hasat its front end upstanding ears 3 between which there is pivcted at 4 the machine head 5 which carries the lasting devices; This head is adju'stably supported in the rear of the pivot l by the screw rod 6. This mounting permits the longitudinal inclination of the lasting plates to be varied by adjustment above the pivot rod l. The head is formed with a longitudinal bearing at 8 for the rearwardly extending cylindrical stem portion 10 of a plate 12 upon which the heel lasting devices are carried. The bearing 8 is. formed to expose a worm toothed portion of the stem with which'the screw rod 15 engages to effect transverse adjustment of the lasting devices about the aXis of the stem 10. The

crank 16 provides convenient means for turning theL sc-reyv rod.

The stem 10 has a sliding bearing for a rod 20 having a cross-bar 22 which is connected by the links 24 with the wiper carriers 25 to which the wipers or lasting plates 26 having formed edges extending toward the shank of the shoe are removably at: tached. The wiper carriers have cam slots 28 in which stand rollers on the fixed studs 30 that connect the plate 12 with a cover plate 32. The outer edges of the wiper carriers are curved to engage walls of the recess in the plate 12 in which the wiper carriers are inclosed by the cover plate. These walls and the cam sl ts2 sh t a tilt direct inward closing movement of the wipers as they are advanced by their link" wipers; At its other end the driving shaft has a loose pulley 44 and a clutch 45 is adapted to be moved into driving enga ement with the pulley by a wedge 46. iis clutch is operated by' a hand lever 48 to start and sto the machine.

A heel em racing band 52 is fastened to a chain which, at the rear, see Fig. 2, has a stud projecting into a recess in the head 5 where it is secured by a binding screw 54. At its front ends the band is supported by chain arms 55 having forwardly directed inner ends and which are fulcrumed on slide bars 56. The chain arms or levers are connected at their outer ends by links 58 with a pivoted cross-bar 60 on the end of the band closing rod 62. This rod is fastened at its rear end to a lever 64, see Fig. l, fulcrumed at its right hand end and connected at its left hand end by a spring with the stationary stand in which the driving shaft has its bearing. This spring pulls the operating rod 62 backwardly to open the band. Movement in the reverse direction for closing the band is efi'ected by a slide rod 66, Fig. 1, which extends from the left hand end of the lever 64 to a chain 68 that runs over an idler to a treadle 70. The slide bars 56, upon which the chain arms 55 are fulcrumed, are guided for endwise movement in the head 5 and each slide bar has on its outer edge, see Fig. 2, a wedge face or incline 7 5 which is held yieldingly by a spring plunger 76 against a stationary bearing face '78. This eonstructionand arrangement provides that as forwardmovement of the links 58 is effected to close the band the slide bars will be forced forwardly and as theyadvance they will be, wedged inwardlyto shut the end portions of the band firmly against the sides of the last. The band is thus caused to clamp the upper materials, including the usual heel stiffener, firmly about the heel portion of the last and the band is so formed, as appears in Figs. 8 and 4, that hard pressure of the upper materials against the last is secured at the upper edge of the last over which they are to be bent by the wipers or lasting plates. A final hard band closlng pres sure mav be ebtained by adjustably limlting the forward movementof the slide bars, as by stop pins 7 9, and causing the last portion of the movement of the links 58 to be 86 toward and from which the toe rest can be adjusted for different lengths of shoes. The heel rest carries a last pin 90 and has movementabout a pivot 88 by means of a spring pressed plunger 89 to tip thetoe end of the shoe firmly down upon the toe rest for holding the shoe in place on the support. A guide bracket 95 embraces the bar 82 and confines the shoe support against lateral movement and limits forward movement of the support relatively to the lasting devices from which it is moved to apply and to re-,

move a shoe as will be readily understood. it sprmg 96 draws down the shoe support when the treadle is released. The illustrated arrangement provides that the shoe support will stand normally depressed and tipped away from the machine as far as the bracket permits.

In the use of the machine a shoe will be applied to the support and then the support pushed back into the heel band and raised but in practice I contemplate that the oper- .3

ator will depress the treadle 80 with the heel portion of his foot and then force down the treadle 70 with the toe portion of the same foot and will maintain his foot upon the treadles during the brief period which is required for the heel seat lasting operation by this machine. The shoe having been jacked and clamped as described, the operator will engage the clutch controlling lever 48 and start the machine, causing the wipers to advance and close over the heel from their normal open position, Fig. 3, to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The driving mechanisms will rapidly reciprocate the wipers repeatedly over the heel seat and back again while the u ward pressure of the shoe against the wipers is controlled by the operator through the treadle 80 and the band closing pressure is controlled by the treadle 70. The first advance of the wipers may take place with the plane of the shoe bottom slightly below the lower face of the wipers,

as'shown in Fig. 3, to break down the heel stiffener and other upper materials and then the :shoe be raised, as indicated in Fig. 4, to J to uncover the tacking line and the upper may be tacked around the heel seat as usual by a hand tacker While the shoe remains in the machine. Alternatively the machine may be stopped with the wipers entirely backed off and the shoe, with the heel portion shaped to the sides and to the bottom face of the last, may be removed. from the lasting machine and presented to a tacking machine for fastening the upper materials in lasted position.

Having explained the nature of this invention and described a preferred construction embodying the same, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. An automatic end lasting machine having, in combination, end embracing wipers, power mechanism arranged for continuous operation at a predetermined rate of speed to impart repeated closing movements to said wipers, and shoe holding means con structed'and arranged to present and hold the shoe continuously against lateral andlongitudinal displacement in position to receive upon the same portion of the shoe materials repeated treatment by said wipers on successive movementsthereof.

2. An automatic end lasting machine having, in combination, a support for a shoe, end embracing wipers for engaging and wiping over upon the innersole the upstanding margin of upper materials about the heel portion of the shoe at both sides simultaneously, power mechanism for operating said wipers repeatedly over the end and sides of the shoe heel, and means under control of the operator for starting and stopping said mechanism at will with the wipers in any position within their range of operative movement.

3. An automatic end lasting machine having, in combination, a support for a shoe, end embracing wipers, and power mechanism for operating said wipers repeatedly over the end and sides of the shoe heel, said machine comprising a connection between the wipers and the source of power permitting adjustment to vary the amplitude of reciprocation ofthe wipers.

4. An automatic heel seat lasting machine having, in combination, a support for the shoe, heel embracing wipers constructed to operate upon the upper materials at both sides of the heel-seat simultaneously, power operating mechanism, connections from said mechanism to the wipers to reciprocate them repeatedly forth and back over the heel seat, shoe holding means constructed and arranged to present and hold the shoe continuously against lateral and longitudinal displacement in position to receive upon the same portion of the shoe materials repeated treatment by said wipers on successive movements thereof, manual means to start and "stop the reciprocation of the wipers, and

manual means adapted for adjustment while the machine. is running for variably controlling the relation of the plane of the wipers and the plane of the heel seat.

5. An automatic heel seat lasting machine having, in combination, a support for the I shoe, heel embracing wipers for engaging and wiping over simultaneously the upstanding portions of upper at both sides of the heel portion of the shoe, power operating mechanism, connections from said mechanism to the wipers to reciprocate them forth and back over the heel seat repeatedly, and manual means for relatively moving Tithe shoe support and the wiper perpendicularly to the plane of action of the wipers while the wipers are reciprocating.

6. An automatic heel seat lasting machine having, in combination, a support for the shoe, heel embracing wipers for engaging and wiping over simultaneously the upstanding portions of upper at both sides of the heel portion of the shoe, power operating mechanism, connections from said mechanism to the wipers to reciprocate them forth and back over the heel seat repeatedly,

and a treadle. lever connected with the shoe support arranged to enable the operator to apply powerful upward-pressure through the shoe support to force the shoe against the wipers. v i

7, An automatic heel seat laster having, in combination, a last support, heel embracing wipers for engaging and wiping over simultaneously the upstanding portions of upper at both sides of the heel portion of the shoe, power operating mechanism, manually controlled means for connecting said mechanism with the wipers to reciprocate them over the heel seat repeatedly, a last support, a treadle lever connected with the last support by which the shoe may he held up to the wipers and the upward pressure increased as the operation progresses, anda height gage preventing the shoe from being raised too high while the wipers are retracted. f

8. An automatic heel seat laster having, in combination, a last support, heel embracing wipers for engaging and wiping over simultaneously the upstanding portions of upper at both sides of the heel portion of the shoe, power operating mechanism, connections from the mechanism to said wipers ill) to reciprocate the wipers forth andback over-the heel seat, a last support, a spring to lower the last support, atreadle connected to the last support to force the shoe up 55 against the wipers, and a height gage carried by the wipers and preventing the shoe from being raised by the treadle pressure above the lower face of the wipers while they are retracted.

9, An automatic heel seat lasting machine having, in combination, heel seat wipers, a base having at its front end upstanding ears, a head pivoted between said ears and adjustably supported in the rear thereof to vary the longitudinal inclination of the wipers, plate having a cylindrical stem having bearing in said head, means for adjusting saidplate about the axis of said stem to change the transverse inclination of the wipers, means carried by said plate for guiding and controlling the reciprocatory move ment of said wipers over the heel seat, power mechanism adapted for continuous operation, manual means for starting and stopping the operation of said mechanism, and

connections from said mechanism to the wipers, said connections being constructed to effect repeated reciprocations of the wipers without interfering with said adjustaa merits.

10. An automatic heel seat lasting machine having, in combination, heel seat wipare, a base having at its front end upstanding cars, a head pivoted between said ears as and adjustably supported in the rear thereof to vary "the longitudinal inclination of the wipers, a plate having a cylindrical stem having bearing in 'said head, means for adjusting said plate about the axis of said an stem to change the transverse inclination of the wipers, means carried by said plate for guiding and controlling the reciprocatory movement of said wipers over the heel seat, an operating rod arranged 'concentrically in said stem and connected at its front end with the wipers, a driving shaft, a disk on said shaft,alink eccentrically connected with said disk and connected with said rod, power mechanism for actuating the driving shaft, and means under control of the operator for connecting and disconnecting said power mechanism from the driving shaft,

11. An automatic heel seatolasting ma-' chine having, in combination, heel seat lasting wipers, power driven mechanism arranged for continuous operation to re ciprocate said wipers and close them a plurality of times over the heel seat to break down the same portion of the upper mate rials and to lay them in lasted position on the insole, a heel embracing band to clamp the upper materials around the last at and adjacent to the edge over which said materials are broken down bythe wipers, and means for actuating said band to efi'ect such clamping of the work preparatory to starting the power mechanism for actuating the wipers, said band operating means being adapted for manual control during the continued operation of the power driven wipers.

12; An automatic heel seat lasting machine having, in combination, heel seat wipers having shaped edges extending over the heel seat from its rear end forwardly toward the shank, mechanism for actuating said wipers to break down the upper materials including the heel stiffener and to lay them in lasted position upon the insole, a heel embracing band formed to clamp the upper materials in advance of the operation 0 the wipers around the heel portion of a last adjacent to the edge over which the wipers bend the upper materials in breaking them down and laying them in lasted position, said band extending forwardly along the sides of the shoe toward the shank, levers having forwardly directed inner arms connected to the ends of the band, operating means H acting forwardly upon the outer arms of the levers, slide bars upon which the levers are fulcrumed, guides for the slide bars, cooperating inclines formed on said slide bars and guides to displace said slide bars and thereby the levers and the band ends inwardly as the bars slide forwardly and manual means for opening and closing the band while the wiper operating means is running.

13. In an automatic heel seat lasting machine, an end embracing band, a chain encircling the band, chain arms having forwardly directed ends connected with the ends of the chain, slide bars on which said chain arms are fulcrumed, guideways in which the slide bars are movable endwise,

cooperating relatively inclined faces formed on the slidev bars and guides for wedging the chain arms inwardly as the slide bars advance, and operating means connected with the outer ends of the chain arms and acting therethrough to effect forwardmovement of the slide bars and inward pressure against the end portions of the band.

14. In an automatic heel seat lasting ma-. chine the combination with heel seat lasting wipers and operating mechanism for said wipers, of means for holding the shoe for the heel seat lasting operation, a heel embracing band to clamp the upper materials about the last in position to be overwiped by the wipers, a treadle and operating connections vto the band for closing it about the last, and a last support and a treadle for raising the shoe against the wipers, said treadles being arranged in position to enable the operator to engage the shoe lifting treadle with the heel of the foot and f the band closing treadle with the ball of the same foot, as and fo'r'the purpose described.

15. An end lasting machine having, in combination, end lasting wipers, means to actuate them, an end embracing band to hold the upper for the action of the wipers, and band closing means comprising levers having forwardly directed ends attached to the band, slide bars on which the levers are fulcrumed, actuators connected to the outer ends of the levers and stops to arrest the forwardly sliding movement of said bars and cause the levers to act as toggles for compressing the end portions of the band against the sides of the 'shoe.

16. In an automatic heel seat lasting machine, an end embracing band, a chain encircling the band, chain arms having forwardly directed ends connected with the ends of the chain, slide bars on which said chain arms are fulcrumed, and operating means including equalizing mechanism connected with the outer ends of the chain arms and acting therethrough to effect inward pressure against the end portions of the band.

17. An automatic end lasting machine having, in combination, end lasting wipers, guiding means for the wipers, power oper ating mechanism for advancing and closing the wipers a plurality of times over the same portion of the upper in lasting a single shoe, means for supporting the shoe continuously in position to receive upon the same portion of the upper repeated treatment by the wipers, and means under the control of the operator for changing the vertical position of the shoe with relation to the wipers without interrupting the reciprocation of the wipers, said manually controlled means being constructed to permit lowering of the shoe previous to the re traction of the wipers to relieve the drag of the wipers over the inwardly wiped stock.

18. An automatic end lasting machine having, in combination, endlasting wipers, means for guiding the wipers to close and advance over the shoe bottom and to open (and retract therefrom, continuously running power operating mechanism with which the wipers are connected, and man'- ually controlled shoe supporting and heel band clamping mechanism by which a shoe may be presented for the operation thereon of the wipers and withdrawn when the operation has been carried out to the satisfaction of the attendant.

19. An automatic end lasting machine having, in combination, end lasting wipers, means for guiding the wipers to close and advance over the shoe bottom and to open and retract therefrom, continuously running power operating mechanism with which the wipers are connected, an end embracing band, means connected with the end portions of the band to cause it to clamp the upper materials about the end of the last and hold them for. the operation of the wipers over the shoe bottom, and manually controlled shoe supporting mechanism by which the shoe may be presented for the operation thereon of the band and the wipers and withdrawn when the operation has been carried out to the satisfaction of the attendant. v v.

20. An automatic end lasting machine ceive a shoe in a position away from thewipers and to carry the shoe into the field of operation of the wipers and hold it in said field continuously during the repeated operations of the wipers.

21. An automatic end lasting machine having, in combination, end embracing wipers, power operating means connected with said wipers and adapted for continuous operation to advance and close the wipers repeatedly on a shoe end, a shoe support movably mounted in operative relation to said wipers and adapted to receive a shoe in a position away from the wipers and to carry the shoe into the field of operation of the wipers and hold it in said field continuhaving, in combination, end embracing A 

